CARTER THE MAGICIAN

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 65

CARTER THE MAGICIAN

Oait«r^. a m*gic-worker of some renown, gave his opening perform/stace in B.isvMa.jcffty a theatre, on. Monday to a fairly 'mnn*rous< and thorougHy delighted audience? ' Garter a «nt&r«aiiHia«»t is of »• varied .- and /noveJ! character in several respect's, and he i*Pfi» feotly frank in admitting, that in ail he cloes there i» no superna.tural agency tra work.' What has been, and even ,is stil?, ascribecf to spirituajism, he lea& his audi»no» to infer i* dve 1 to clever nwaaipulatiGn ana skilful deception-' on, the;paxtof the. petfoxHwsr, but' he- feav,«B, ha ".pwtaona to seleoti aay name iSwy choose to deeonbar.i: t I« wraia seem a» i£ h^ had. a. thoughtful considerafion: for those who. a» firm fteOieyerS in spiritualism, and ffierefbw stops abort of making; positive statements as- 'to- the manner Jit 'which Bis- cabinet -ifisinifesta.tfc>sff' are, brought about. H«- opened -tiff pejfownKaog with whal he termtr cr "boupju«t«f myßtene»> "* covering a- spapo of aboirt 4». mtoute* JK»»« mysteiies wer*, very cleverlx' performed, bufl are not *&£kfcigly "new, 'with the exception ot the astral hand. It » a "species of tabl« 'rapping done by the «iS of a wooden haas placed upon » sheet of glaaai supported on the back* ot two chairs. 33ie hand; answera a variety of questtone,., andi ia so controlleoi b/ Carter by some- iaeans, that il:finallsi leaVWthe glasa and drop& mto his aaia^. The." first part of fiis entertaimneiat concludea with the fl magical divoroe," ip. whidh » Ufla asßZstairt ia p&oed in.- * chair, is howtea 4 ntattex of 6ft in the air, ana ait the finnjj ot a pistol -vanishes like a ftaeh. It is^W very -smart deception, and ia very devexlj" carried' out. Thoug&t fe»nsf«rence^ or mientaJ telepathy, forms tlh« chfiaf item in the- 9epoa<| 'part. - Same- atartlrng; «at&ibitKMi« of the "kma W« 'been, ' »wji; here-, before ty. ,M«aam« Steea,.. and - latet. by .they Howard Brothers, but' Dunedin ha»- had nothing: cleverer, thanj Miss' Abigail. cPrice'a". performance. ,of --.kstl evening. The- young^lady,, while seated on tf cfiarr on? the stage with her eyes oonvered b» 'a KandKefchief, readily answers written ques* tibas on. *a extraordintey v«rie^- of 'mattersThe qusstioias' are- of, such-, a iwtjjr<B rtfeat'ili is. a puzzle! anaa'suxpTisa to finoj, ope, ,wha cannot . , possibly have any . .previous, "know* redge of the facts, answering. ,Qiem as Mis# Price does. Many oFifife questions last even* , ing- related Uy the future, and" in every ia» stanoo an; anaweir w«a' readily - forthcoming. i'^?lyta " is another caae whei» an; audiencjj nraat neeesearily, be connpletely mystified. AJ young lady,, f*noifullj' attired, eaters « cahiaef, and immedia«ely af texwardj* a youth! in military uniform emerges therefrom. -Tna caßinet is thear-irafsad to a he%h* o£ 6ft or 5 Bft, t appareuttr quittr empty, and ifie- young lad; enters smother asbioefc on; fe "stage, and ie. by come: clever method spkifed awa^l into the .cabinet auapended in the air. .Carter himself givesja wosadexful-peHormancewittt a cabinets He fe made, secure' with- rope?, from which he free* hinweH '.wim extraordinary rapidity; and- Hwmifestatkjna follow. -Ona of. the, cleyerewt „ things he- does i» towardatli«eDd of^tbft .performances Costumedl as a# Chinese -.sorcerer,, and. assisted bj) Coixnne" Caxtej, Be prooucesr from~_benea.tty a covering' resentbling a small' <ivdlt - huge bowls of fruit, and* conclude* By "revealing; to his astonished;' audience; * vessel cantainT ing two- buciefcsral •of -waiter-. He mect'.cns the weighty the water a». 1161b, and). }h « taa cumbeisome-' basin, i» by no means -an thing; t» secrefe about the- person. Caileu is neat in everything- fee does-, and -wiiil* be keeps up «a tumasix^ cliatter «4f the while . fee ia- pexiormiiig', Ire never says, anything vulgar, or out of -place.'Some amusement, was caused. «*t.tb.e tuna picnio, when, Mr Fred Piranl t wb» won nis first "footrace against adults. 3y years ago, entered for the men?? race. Th# handicapper, to"emphasise._the Joke, placed him on eoratoh. by; himself^ At the end x>{ the race, however, jo&e was wit)) * th» ve+»ran. for he wor> ■>r\iK<vr , ' ,_. The member for Dunedin. South, Hi J. If-. Arnoid ait, lor .Wellington- on the 27th._inst. on business connected with th« Ifornirejft^ Municipality. -, v , , .%. -